Tuesday, July 18, 2017

I heard this song on The Surf which is a Beach Music/Shag station, but it definitely wasn't Trace Adkins. I assume the original artist has been lost as I have had no luck finding another. I believe the originator may have been black, but in Beach Music they sound much the same.

Samson resident Wade Seago knew something was up outside of his home
last week when the family's pet schnauzer, Cruiser, started barking
constantly. The Seagos live on 100 acres in the rural south Alabama
town. The property and surrounding area is teeming with wildlife so it's
not unusual for their dog to bark at deer, raccoons or other wild
visitors.

But this was different. As he was about to get up and check on his
dog, his daughter began screaming.
"I jumped up to see what was going
on," Wade explained. "I looked out the back window and saw nothing, so I
ran to the front of the house where my daughter was looking out the
window. I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

The new leadership at the Department of Housing and Urban Development
finally accepted an analysis of fair housing opportunities in
Westchester County, New York, after the Obama administration had denied
the analysis 10 times before.

Obama’s HUD claimed that some county zoning laws were racially exclusionary.

The analysis was required as part of a settlement from a 2009 lawsuit
that alleged that the county had lied when it said it had analyzed
issues that could block access to affordable housing. The analysis had
determined that there were “no evidence of exclusionary zoning across
Westchester,” according to the office of Westchester County Executive
Director Rob Astorino, who came into office after the settlement was
reached.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan
on Tuesday said he plans to further crack down on undocumented
immigrants by sending more resources and agents to sanctuary cities.

"In
the America I grew up in, cities didn't shield people who violated the
law," Homan told the publication. “What I want to get is a clear
understanding from everybody, from the congressmen to the politicians to
law enforcement to those who enter the country illegally, that ICE is
open for business."

"We’re going to enforce the laws on the books
without apology, we’ll continue to prioritize what we do,” Homan
continued. “But it’s not OK to violate the laws of this country anymore,
you’re going to be held accountable.”

Alan Dershowitz recently tried to publish an opinion piece in The New
York Times that President Trump likely did not attempt to obstruct
justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey.

But Dershowitz told the Washington Examiner over the phone on Monday that the Times had "no response" to his submission.

The widely known legal commentator and cable news fixture said he
remains a "liberal Hillary Clinton supporter," but said after reading an
op-ed in the Times that argued Trump could be charged for criminal
conduct in Comey's firing, he reached out in June to the paper to
present an opposing view.

"I said that I thought the readers of the New York Times were
entitled to hear or read the other side of the issue whether there were
crimes committed," said Dershowitz, a professor emeritus of Harvard Law
School. "And I really do think The New York Times does not want its
readers to hear an alternative point of view on the issue of whether or
not Trump administration is committing crimes."

The media has done this to themselves. By going all in for one party for
the last 50-years. They have become irrelevant. Our Founding Fathers,
envisioned a vibrant honest press that would hold those in power to
task.

Instead, by going all democrat all the time. THEY have
allowed and enabled government to become the cesspool it now is. Had
they called democrats to task, instead of turning a blind eye.
Government corruption and its incestuous relationship with business
would not have brought us to this point. Citizens struggle, while major
corporations receive billions in subsidies. Billionaires, receive tax
breaks on the backs of the working poor.

Government should NEVER
subsidize business. Period! Every business should grow or fail based on
their business plan. Governments job is to assure a fair playing field.
Not to pick the winners and losers. Politicians receive billions in
bribes, oh sorry campaign contributions to make laws. They make laws to
reduce competition. Putting onerous regulations, no small business can
afford. Only multi-billion-dollar businesses can afford. Their latest
push is to eliminate EVERY independent restaurant. Eliminating
competition for the food chains.

How you ask? For several years
they have tried to pass “regulations” that require every menu item to
have a complete nutrition breakdown. No big deal for McDonald’s to list
the nutritional breakdown on their menu. But what about your local
diner? Can you imagine the cost to them to hire some company to produce
the nutritional breakdown for every menu item? It is in the thousands of
dollars. Even if they could afford it once. Never being able to afford
to change the menu. I know when I owned a restaurant I kept a “core
menu” but every three months I changed it. Not counting if my wholesaler
had a deal and I run specials. I would have had to pay some company to
prepare a nutritional breakdown for every change. I would have been
broke and out of business in months.

The government ruling
against “fair-trade” regulations have eliminated locally owned
businesses and gave rise to Walmart, Home Depot, and the rest of the big
box stores. Further killing the local business communities. For many
too young to remember, the “fair trade” regulations allowed companies to
require their sellers to sell at a minimum price. This is why, Sears
and others had “store brands” so they could undersell. But not in direct
competition. Sears could not sell a Maytag at a price lower than set by
the company. They could sell their Kenmore brand at a lower price. But
then it was a Maytag competing against a Kenmore.

When
government removed the “fair trade” pricing. Suddenly Sears and others
could undersell the local businesses. Sears and others always had a
larger profit margin then locals’ due to the quantities they purchased.
But they could not under sell them. Once the “fair trade” was gone the
big boxes could sell at a price close to what the local stores paid.
Soon there was no local appliance stores, lumber yards, and dozens of
others.

Sorry for the tangent, but this is all due to the fact
the media only held one party to task. The other could make these deals
without scrutiny.

Trump campaign donations for the second quarter (April to June)
topped $13.9 million — up dramatically from the $9.8 million raised in
the first quarter.

The robust fundraising destroys the media narrative that Trump
supporters are swayed by the relentless press attacks, Democratic
obstruction, or the wave of anti-Trump protests that have rocked the
nation.

Donations to re-elect President Trump in 2020 have been pouring in
despite the struggles the brash billionaire has encountered during his
first seven months in office.

The term “man of letters” has fallen largely into desuetude over the
last few decades, and for good reason. Very few such entities exist
nowadays on the literary landscape either in this country or elsewhere.
One is more apt to come across a spotted owl or a selfless politician
than he is a genuine man of letters. When the term is applied, it is
misused to mean merely someone who writes novels or poems or plays or
perhaps creative non-fiction or criticism. A man of letters, however,
holds a greater responsibility than just that to his own literary
vocation. Part of his “job,” so to speak, is to uphold certain standards
not only of literary production but of civilization in general – its
manners, customs, and morals. He is entrusted with certain ideals of
thought and behavior that might otherwise be lost if not preserved in
his fiction or verse.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.